Scrap-book



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G. E. SHEPARD.

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GEORGE E. SHEPARD, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

SCRAP-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,604, dated November 14;, 1882.

Application filed August 5, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE E. SHEPARD, of the city of Troy, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scrap- Books,of which the following isaspecification, reference being had to the drawings, with letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part .of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in pro- "iding the scrapbook with a wood back, or back made of other hard material, having longitudinal grooves or channels therein for inserting and seeming sheets of paper; and the object is to provide a strong and durable back in which the sheets can be temporarily secured for use, and when filled can be readily removed and other sheets substituted.

In my drawings, Figurel represents the book with sheets of paper secured in the grooves or channels in the back A, ready for use. Fig. 2 is a section of the back, showing the grooves therein.

, The back A is made of wood or other suitable material of the required size and shape and securely and strongly bound to the covers in book form. By making this back of wood or similar material a solid and strong body is formed for a substantial and durable binding, and the back not likely to be torn from the binding, however full and large the book may be. In most of the scrap-books now made and in use the backs give way before the hook is filled, and this is owing more particularly to the fact that the backs are made of pliable and weak material, and so made that the back is pliable instead of being rigid. Into the face of this back A, and lengthwise of the same, are cut deep and narrow grooves or channels for receiving the paper to which the scraps, bills, orders, 850., are to be pasted or attached. These grooves or channels are made wide (No model.)

enough to hold several sheets of paper. After inserting the sheets into these grooves or channels they are secured therein by means of a pin or wire,P, passinglaterally through the grooved back A and the sheets. The wood strips between the series ot'sheets equalize the thickness of sheets after the attachment of the scraps thereto. When full the pins or wires P P may be withdrawn from the back, the sheets readily withdrawn and filed away, and new sheets inserted in the grooves.

In the manner above described adurable and economical scrap-book is produced, and one in which sheet-music, bills, orders, and a great variety of matter may be preserved and at any time removed therefrom without injury to the book and filed away, and the book renewed from time to time.

WhatI claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- I. In a scrap-book, a rigid back made of wood or other similar material having therein out lengthwise series of grooves or channels adapted to receive the edges of sheets of paper or similar material, in combination with the pins or wires for holding such sheets therein, substantially as and for the purposes herein described.

2. In combination with the cover of a scrapbook, a back made of wood or other hard ma .terial inserted between the lids and secured or bound to the back of such cover,'and having longitudinal grooves or channels therein, substantially as and for the purposes herein described.

In witness whereofI have hereto set my hand this 3d day of June, 1881.

GEO. E. SHEPARD.

Witnesses WM. H. HOLLISTER, J r., N. DAVENPORT. 

